GRAND MARAIS, MI -- Michigan maritime history is rich with stories of ships battling the Great Lakes. In many cases, the lakes won. Lake Superior notoriously was a heavy weight champ, its beaches ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan researchers have ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald still sits at the bottom of Lake Superior, submerged in 535 feet of water, about 17 miles ...

Lake Superior is the largest of Michigan’s Great Lakes and sits atop the beautiful Upper Peninsula. It’s a big deal for Michigan’s fishing, tourist, and commercial water industries, and offers plenty ...

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm in 1975, killing all 29 crew members. Only a handful of people have ever visited the wreck, either by submersible or, in one ...

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ballad it inspired—still haunt the popular imagination Ellen Wexler - Assistant ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP/WJW) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” The ...

Throughout history, the world’s oceans, lakes, and seas have claimed countless ships, leaving behind stories of tragedy, mystery, and discovery. Some bodies of water are especially notorious for the ...